diff --git a/src/milla/app.py b/src/milla/app.py
index 2a54876..7b22451 100644
--- a/src/milla/app.py
+++ b/src/milla/app.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Please give me a docstring!
 :Updater: $Author$
 '''
 from milla.controllers import FaviconController
+from milla.util import asbool
 from webob.exc import HTTPNotFound, WSGIHTTPException
 import milla.dispatch
 import webob
@@ -42,17 +43,6 @@ class Application(object):
         try:
             func = self.dispatcher.resolve(path_info)
         except milla.dispatch.UnresolvedPath:
-            def asbool(val):
-                if not val:
-                    return False
-                try:
-                    val = val.lower()
-                except AttributeError:
-                    pass
-                if val in ('false', 'no', 'f', 'n', 'off'):
-                    return False
-                return True
-                
             if asbool(self.config.get('milla.favicon')) and \
                 path_info == '/favicon.ico':
                 func = FaviconController()
diff --git a/src/milla/util.py b/src/milla/util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61e4a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/milla/util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'''Module milla.uti
+
+Please give me a docstring!
+
+:Created: Mar 30, 2011
+:Author: dustin
+:Updated: $Date$
+:Updater: $Author$
+'''
+
+def asbool(val):
+    '''Test a value for truth
+    
+    Returns ``False`` values evaluating as false, such as the integer
+    ``0`` or ``None``, and for the following strings, irrespective of
+    letter case:
+    
+    * false
+    * no
+    * f
+    * n
+    * off
+    * 0
+    
+    Returns ``True`` for all other values.
+    '''
+    
+    if not val:
+        return False
+    try:
+        val = val.lower()
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    if val in ('false', 'no', 'f', 'n', 'off', '0'):
+        return False
+    return True
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